Banana suit person hands out bananas at council meeting, shuts it down

 By 
Johnny Lieu
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Council meetings are usually dull affairs, but this is absolutely bananas.

A human dressed in a banana costume shut down a Mitchell Shire Council meeting in Victoria, Australia on Monday evening, after the intruder handed out bananas in the gallery and to councillors.

Banana suit person made his way to the meeting in time for a debate on the appropriate use of council vehicles, according to the North Central Review.

Human banana crashes a council meeting, hands out bananas, then splitshttps://t.co/7VlXkfKowS pic.twitter.com/aty1yK8YBo— Herald Sun (@theheraldsun) February 15, 2016

The debate ensued due to a controversial trip by the town's mayor, Councillor Sue Marstaeller, to Coffs Harbour which is famous for its Big Banana landmark, according to the publication.

An unamused Marstaeller told the Herald Sun the banana person incident "was pretty disrespectful."

“I asked this person to stop but they continued to hand out bananas to people so I was left with no choice but to adjourn the meeting," she told the news outlet.

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There were several attempts to remove the banana suit person, before it escaped to a waiting car after the meeting concluded. Councillors will reassemble next Monday instead.

A certainly fruity way to protest, at the very least.

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